Publish and Perish? An Assessment of Gender Gaps in Promotion to Tenure in Academia.
In academia, there remains a gender gap in promotion to tenure, such that men are more likely to receive tenure than women. This paper tests three explanations of this gender gap in promotion: (1) contextual and organizational differences across departments; (2) performance/productivity differences...
| Publicado en: | Social Forces Vol. 96; no. 2; pp. 529 - 560 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Dec2017
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